Three friends rented a car for a week and divided the cost equally. What was the total cost of renting the car?
(1) if the three friends had kept the car for a second week, they could have obtained the two-week rate, which was 1.5 times the cost of one-week rental.
(2) if a fourth friend had joined the three friends and the cost had been divided equally among the four friends, the cost to each of the original three would have been reduced by $15.
(1) does not arise any questions to me; (2) would the equation look like:
x + (x-15) + (x-15) + (x-15)=100
?? thanks
(1) if the three friends had kept the car for a second week, they could have obtained the two-week rate, which was 1.5 times the cost of one-week rental.
(2) if a fourth friend had joined the three friends and the cost had been divided equally among the four friends, the cost to each of the original three would have been reduced by $15.
(1) does not arise any questions to me; (2) would the equation look like:
x + (x-15) + (x-15) + (x-15)=100
?? thanks
